WGA East Files Labor Complaint Against NBC Over Shuttered Nonfiction Unit (Exclusive)
The guild claims that after Peacock Productions was closed in January, the company opened a non-union shop to continue doing similar work.
A-List Competition Reveals 2020's Best Assistant-Written Scripts
Stories about excommunication from a Hasidic community, Las Vegas residents in the 1950s and a "deadly" mermaid made this year's list of support staff-penned titles.
Writers vs. Agencies Case Will Go to Court-Ordered Mediation, Eventually
The mediator will have her hands full — and with a Dec. 25 deadline, no session is scheduled yet.
CAA Invests in New U.K. Distribution Arm for Danny Perkins' Elysian Film Group
The agency is backing the new division launched by the former head of StudioCanal in the UK.
Kickstarter Unionizes, With Goals That Echo Hollywood Guilds’ Creative Rights
The employees want transparency and a voice in decisions, objectives that the directors and writers unions sought eight decades ago.
Writers Guild Says It Held "Substantive" Talks With All Major Agencies Except One
However, multiple major agencies deny that they are in talks with the guild.
Cinematographers Guild President Steps Down After Eight Months
Lewis Rothenberg was elected to a three-year term in June 2019.
Bernie Sanders Nabs Endorsement From L.A. Musicians Union Local
But other Hollywood unions, and the largest national labor organizations, remain on the sidelines.
Writers Guild Members Endorse Priorities List for Studio Talks
With double the turnout of a similar 2017 vote, an energized membership gave thumbs up to a "Pattern of Demands" for negotiations.
Studios Begin Stockpiling for a Writers Strike: "We Learned the Hard Way Last Time"
